Nu"di*ty (?), n.; pl. Nudities (#). [Cf. F. nudit'e .]
1.
The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
2.
That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. Fine Arts, the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense.
There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudities.
Dryden.
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